The Lenovo Legion Y540 is a device that aims to buck the trend of flashy gaming laptops. It does this by turning down the ostentatious designs and lighting that one might find on such devices. The Legion Y540 offers very subtle looks for a gaming laptop, making it ideal for those looking for a gaming laptop that wouldn’t look too out of place in the office.
The Lenovo Legion Y540 packs a 15.6-inch Full HD display with a 72% colour gamut. It offers a refresh rate of 144Hz and is Dolby Vision enabled. It also comes with Nvidia’s G-SYNC tech.
As mentioned earlier, the Legion Y540 features very subtle looks with no crazy angles or RGB lighting. The ‘Y’ in the Legion logo glows softly, a subtle hint that this is a gaming laptop.
A gaming laptop needs to have the power to play the latest games. The Legion Y540 is available with up to a 9th Gen Intel Core i7-9750H processor with up to 32GB DDR4 RAM. For graphics, the device offers up an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 card.
The Legion Y540 packs a full-sized keyboard with white backlighting. Lenovo says that it offers 100% anti-ghosting and a response time that is less than 1ms.
In order to ensure that things remain cool, even in the heat of battle, laptop comes with Lenovo’s Coldfront cooling system that uses a dual-channel thermal system with four vents and dedicated heat sinks. Each channel features 70 fan blades, which is said to reduce system noise.
The Legion Y540 features most of its ports at the back. This includes a USB-C port, mini display port, a USB 3.1 Gen 1 port, an HDMI port, the ethernet port and a Kensington lock slot. The AC adapter port is also located at the back. A USB 3.1 Gen 1 port is located on both sides of the laptop as well.